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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2018
Applicant:
3shape A/s, Copenhagen K, DK;
Inventors:
Bo Esbech, Gentofte, DK;
Christian Romer Rosberg, Bronshoj, DK;
Mike Van Der Poel, Rodovre, DK;
Rasmus Kjaer, Copenhagen K, DK;
Michael Vinther, Copenhagen S, DK;
Karl-Josef Hollenbeck, Copenhagen O, DK;
Assignee:
3SHAPE A/S, Copenhagen K, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 40/14 (2006.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01); G01J 3/51 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/50 (2006.01); G01B 11/25 (2006.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 9/0073 (2013.01); A61C 9/006 (2013.01); A61C 9/0066 (2013.01); G01B 11/24 (2013.01); G01B 11/2509 (2013.01); G01B 11/2513 (2013.01); G01B 11/2518 (2013.01); G01J 3/0208 (2013.01); G01J 3/0224 (2013.01); G01J 3/0237 (2013.01); G01J 3/0278 (2013.01); G01J 3/508 (2013.01); G01J 3/51 (2013.01); G01J 3/513 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are a scanner system and a method for recording surface geometry and surface color of an object where both surface geometry information and surface color information for a block of the image sensor pixels at least partly from one 2D image recorded by the color image sensor. A particular application is within dentistry, particularly for intraoral scanning.